10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BACK SLANG»
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back slang in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
back slang and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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NTC's Super-Mini British
Slang Dictionary
Each entry has at least two examples sentences, and usage restrictions or cautions are indicated where necessary. 'NTC's Super-Mini British Slang Dictionary' is an essential reference for the slang expressions of British English.
Richard Spears, Ewart James, 2000
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The Standard Dictionary of English
Slang
Elfen— To walk on tiptoe, EIrig (back slang)— A girl. *&•&; Emag (back slang) —
$, Game. Encumbrances— Children. RR. End — All on end: angry ; irritated.
fUSftfy. At a end: out of work. AM. To keep one's end up : to fight successfully
against ...
Amongst the senior costermongers, and those who pride themselves on their
proficiency in back slang, a conversation is often sustained for a whole evening—
that is, the chief words are in the back slang—especially if any “flats” are present
...
John Camden Hotten, Francis Grose, Ambrose Bierce, 2014
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A Dictionary of
Slang and Unconventional English
Back Slang Back 5. dates from the first half of C19: the earliest ref. I've seen
occurs in G.W.M. Reynolds's Pickwick Abroad, 1839, p. 587 (footnote). It would
be fair to say that back 5. is slowly disappearing from general low-level s., but that
it ...
... slop (1857-1879, from ecilop “police”), and pennif“a five-pound note” (1862+
1891, from the slang term finnip “a five-pound note” (1839-1966)). Yob “a boy; a
thug” (1859—) is the only widely used term to have originated in back slang.
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The Routledge Dictionary of Historical
Slang
Same as BACK-SLANG IT: c. of C.19. Do or have a back-scuttle, to possess a
woman a retro: low: mid-C.19–20. 2. Hence, v. and n.: (to commit) sodomy: low:
late C.19–20. back-seam, be (down) on one's . To be out of luck, unfortunate.
Tailors' ...
7
A Dictionary of Rhyming
Slang
Mr Booth continues: 'At the moment back-slang and rhyming slang are not
altogether dead languages in this London of ours. 'Not long ago I heard a shabby
gent recounting his experiences to a pal. Moaned be: “An' s'elp me I'd 'ardly got a
...
8
Slang: The People's Poetry
Rhymes like How's it goin', protozoan? are doubly playful, not onlyinthe rhyme,
but also inthe exaggerated metaphor. Rhyming and back slang started out as
subterfuge but soon became language games you could play for fun, like
anagrams ...
9
The Lingo: Listening to Australian English
In common with other denizens of the streets, LARRIKINS also used back slang.
Back slang is created by pronouncing words and phrases backwards. The British
slang term YOB, now heard in Australian Lingo, is back slang on 'boy'.
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Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present: A Dictionary ...
Gennet, subs. phr. (back slang). —Ten shillings. Gennitraf, subs, (back slang).—A
farthing. G en ol, adj. (back slang).—Long. Gent, subs, (once literary: now vulgar).
— I. A showily dressed vulgarian. [A contraction of 'gentleman.'] 1635.
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BACK SLANG»
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Seconds Out: Ryan Mulcahy goes professional and is determined to …
I have a lot of scouse friends and I can even understand back slang lar. I hope Vaughan promotions gives Tony the opportunity for this great ... «Liverpool Echo, Jul 15»
Scandi food: why Swedes do midsummer - and coffee breaks - best
The original word fika was coined in the 19th century, and is “back slang” for kaffi. Back slang is formed by reversing the syllables in a word, ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jun 15»
X Factor Finalist Fleur East: roundup of her details and performances
5 I can speak fluent back slang with my sister Keshia - we talk it all the time, especially when we don't want people to know what we are talking ... «stv.tv, Dec 14»
The joy of slang
Victorian criminals did essentially the same with back slang, reversing words so that boy became yob and so on. The other banned words are ... «BBC News, Oct 13»
Author Kevin Sampson: Liverpool has an engrained gangster …
Their names have to fit, their clothes have to suit them and, yes, their voice should be right for them – whether that be back slang or RP. «Metro, Mar 13»
Victorian jargon watch: "a dictionary of heterodox English, slang and …
Enobs (Back slang). Bone, in ordinary plural. A very favourite inversion is a sort of rebus, bones showing affording a study of ' knobs '. «Boing Boing, Nov 12»
The Streets by Anthony Quinn: review
Faced with a whole new lexicon of baffling back slang – where a “yenep” is a penny and so on – and finding himself easy prey for the thieves ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Oct 12»
Slang: The universal language
He also offers a history of back slang and rhyming slang. His is a substantial bibliography, which no one had done before him. No-one had ever ... «Salon, Oct 12»
Big Fat Gypsy Weddings: ten facts about Gypsies and Travellers
It includes “back slang” words such as “gop”, for kiss, which is a reversal of the Irish word “pog”, and "lackeen", for girl, from the Irish "cailin" or ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Feb 11»
Secret Language
Reversal of words could also have more purely commercial application, in the case of “back slang,” used among food vendors in London since ... «Inside Higher Ed, Jul 10»
